2-715-163 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Frederick the Great and the men from Greiffenberg, 1784, (1936). 'Friedrich Der Grosse Und Die Greiffenberger, 1784'. King Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) invested money in the reconstruction of the linen town of Greiffenberg (Angermünde, Germany), after it was destroyed by fire. A group of its grateful inhabitants visited him the following year to express their gratitude. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]